Written in Stone

Written in Stone explores the relationship between geological time, natural surfaces and human perception through experimental photography and material processes, contrasting our quick, temporary existence with deep time and permanence of the earth. From my experience of climbing, the project views rock as something to be read rather than simply glance at, treating stone as an archive where cracks, erosion and weathering form a visual language of deep time and slow transformation. 

Rather than relying on straightforward representation, the work approaches the non human as a felt, physical experience rather than a purely visual one. Through a combination of photographs taken in the wild, alternative darkroom processes and sanded down rocks revealing their internal veins and patterns, the project captures an embodied connection to nature.  

It invites a slower, more contemplative way of looking highlighting movement and touch as a means of engaging with a natural world that exists beyond our control, encouraging us to reconsider our relationship with the environment and the temporal traces embedded within it.